pendant
noun/ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/ · [ˈpɛndn̩t]
Etymology From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.
12 senses
- 1A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- 2A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament…
- 3The dangling part of an earring.
- 4A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for…
- 5One of a pair; a counterpart.
- 6The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- 7A lamp hanging from the roof.
- 8An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- 9A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in…
- 10An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- 11Testicles.
- 12A pendulum.
1
Architecture A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
2
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
3
The dangling part of an earring.
5
One of a pair; a counterpart.
- One vase is the pendant to the other vase.
6
US The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
7
A lamp hanging from the roof.
8
An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
9
A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
10
Obsolete An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- Many […] have been pleased with this work and its pendant, the Tales and Popular Fictions.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology:
11
In plural, Obsolete Testicles.
12
Obsolete A pendulum.
- a pendant being brought up to any height by the force of a former motion downwards1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: […] Gilles Blaizot, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- pendanted, pendant light, pendantlike